⭐️ Total score |
3.13/5 (Rank #577)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,235 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 0.00Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 33°C92°F (feels 47°C117°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 83%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 46 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 128 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
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👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 33°C 92°F + 🥵 Sweaty (83%) = feels 47°C 117°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 128.25 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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📱 Best wireless carrier | China Mobile |
💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.49 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 149 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,200,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Ganji |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | China Southern Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,235 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $888 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,717 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $776 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $477 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $75 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $588 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 8 listings) | $704 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $23 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
46
8° cold |
54
12° cool |
57
14° cool |
66
19° mild |
77
25° warm |
91
33° hot |
111
44° scorching |
106
41° scorching |
95
35° hot |
70
21° mild |
64
18° cool |
55
13° cool |
Real |
48
9°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
57
14°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
70
21°
mild |
64
18°
cool |
55
13°
cool |
Humidity |
nice 62% |
damp 77% |
damp 83% |
nice 72% |
nice 88% |
sweaty 98% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 81% |
damp 71% |
nice 62% |
Rain |
dry 16mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 189mm |
rainy 223mm |
rainy 483mm |
rainy 198mm |
rainy 180mm |
rainy 142mm |
rainy 78mm |
dry 11mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 83% |
overcast 95% |
overcast 93% |
overcast 94% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 65% |
pockets 34% |
Air quality |
bad 197 US AQI |
bad 203 US AQI |
bad 164 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 127 US AQI |
bad 137 US AQI |
bad 156 US AQI |
bad 168 US AQI |
Sun |
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